indian village in dsert, children in desert

Passed a village with a funeral celebration.
The whole village is having a party. They are happy because the deceased is going to heaven.

Is modern tourism benefiting these villages?

Kids are aggressively begging for pens. Giving is a good thing. Like Santa Claus in the western world. But giving that encourage greediness is not a good thing. The whole sense of giving is to give people a sense of miracle.